Germany moved into the semi-finals of Euro 2016 on Saturday but their un-German-like inefficiency in a penalty shootout with Italy almost cost them dear before Jonas Hector kept his head. Germany missed three penalties before triumphing 6-5 in a rollercoaster 18-penalty shootout as Hector slotted home his kick under the ...
Read More »Saudi Sports Reforms Give Girls in the Kingdom a Running Start
Local Editor This week means “back-to-school” for millions of students across the globe. In Saudi Arabia, where the new schoolyear begins on September 10, girls have a particular reason to rejoice. For many decades, Saudi women and girls had been effectively deprived of their right to play sports in schools ...
Read More »Five Minors on Death Row in Saudi Arabia
The human rights organization ‘Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain’ ADHRB condemned death sentences issued against minors in Saudi Arabia, calling for the cancelation of such sentences and releasing the detainees immediately. The rights body added that the current Saudi regime’s practices violate international standards, including the Arab ...
Read More »North American sports will return, but will the fans?
FILE PHOTO: Mar 26, 2020; Los Angeles, California, USA; View of an empty Dodger Stadium on what was scheduled to be opening day against the San Francisco Giants The game was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The pandemic caught the sports world by ...
Read More »EC Secretary Says Macron Should Apologize to Muslims, Calls for Expulsion of French Ambassadors from Muslim World
TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council (EC) Mohsen Rezayee condemned the French government for supporting the sacrilege of Islam’s Prophet (PBUH), stressing the necessity for Emanuel Macron to apologize to Muslims. “The French president’s measure was a kind of political folly and he should apologize to the Islamic world ...
Read More »Anger Towards Emmanuel Macron Grows in Muslim World
On the front page of a hardline Iranian newspaper, he was the “Demon of Paris”. In the streets of Dhaka, he was decried as a leader who “worships Satan”. Outside Baghdad’s French embassy, a likeness of Emmanuel Macron was burned along with France’s flag. Rage is growing across the Muslim ...
Read More »Yemeni Drones Strike ‘Key Target’ in Saudi Arabia’s Abha Airport
Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yehya Saree said the country’s military launched a fresh aerial operation against Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia’s southern border region of Asir, targeting a “key target” inside the strategic facility. Brigadier General Saree said in a statement posted on his Twitter ...
Read More »Iraq’s Nujaba Leader: US Only Understands Language of Force
The Secretary General of Iraqi resistance movement al-Nujaba, Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi, said the United States only understands the language of force, noting that resistance will end the US presence in Iraq. In a press conference held at Mehr News Agency headquarters, Sheikh al-Kaabi said the US is responsible for the ...
Read More »US Sanctions A Crime against Humanity – Iran’s Judiciary Chief
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Sayyed Ebrahim Raisi slammed the cruel sanctions imposed on the Iranian and Syria people as a crime against humanity. In a meeting with Syria’s outgoing ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, Ayatollah Raisi denounced the harsh economic and psychological war that the enemies have waged against people of ...
Read More »Iran Denies Prisoners Swap with US
“This report is 100% a lie,” Zarif said on Wednesday. He added that Iran has several times proposed the US a comprehensive swap of prisoners, noting that many Iranians are imprisoned in the US or are under detention in other countries upon Washington’s demand “and even there are people whose ...
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